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• 'Non-burning' cigarette no healthier, study says / Finds high levels of some toxins 

The tobacco maker says the Eclipse cigarette is ''the next best choice'' to quitting, and is 64 to 87 percent less carcinogenic than ultralights.

But state lab tests show that when compared to RJR's own low-tar Now King Size Hard Pack ultralights, Eclipse has 734 percent more acetaldehyde and 475 percent more acrolein, two cancer-causing agents.

''This is truly astonishing,'' said the DPH commissioner, Dr. Howard Koh. ''There is no such thing as a safe cigarette. It is an oxymoron. These health claims by RJR are so blatantly false.''

RJR, in a statement, disputed the state's findings, saying the tests are not valid because they involved ''a limited set of data.'' . .

Koh, along with three national tobacco control groups, is also asking the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Drug Administration to investigate the advertising claims by RJR.

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This is truly astonishing. . . These health claims by RJR are so blatantly false.
Howard Koh, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which did its own tests on <i>Eclipse</i>. Phillips, F.<I>'Non-burning' cigarette no healthier, study says / Finds high levels of some toxins</I>